By the time you’ve been arrested 28 times, you’re probably on a first-name basis with the cops. But William Woolf didn’t just go for any old number 29—he went big. He led police on a 105 mph chase across four Ohio counties, throwing everything but the kitchen sink at cruisers to evade capture.

High-speed police chase through four Ohio counties

It all started around 7 p.m. on March 22, when Alliance police officers spotted Woolf, 41, of West State Street, Alliance. Wanted on multiple warrants from Stark County, Carroll County, and Canton PD, Woolf also had 19 open driver’s license suspensions. This wasn’t his first rodeo; he’d been arrested 28 times before, including two previous chase incidents with the Alliance, Ohio, police department.

When officers attempted to pull him over, Woolf floored his black Kia crossover, reaching speeds over 100 mph. As one officer radioed, “Speeds are 105.” The chase was on.  

As the police chase snaked through four Ohio counties, Woolf resorted to desperate measures. He began tossing objects out of his car to deter the officers. “Just threw a tire iron at me!” an officer exclaimed over the radio. Moments later: “He just threw a chocolate milk at me!” The barrage continued, with officers warning, “Be careful, that was a knife.”

Ohio police chase ends with crash and arrest

Despite his creative attempts to slow the cruisers, Woolf couldn’t shake the police. Police officers coordinated with the Ohio State Patrol to deploy spike strips and end the chase. “OSP is trying to lay down spike strips in Damascus by Farmer,” came the update. The plan worked. “He just got hit with spike strips and so did I,” an officer reported, indicating the successful deployment.

With his tires shredded, Woolf lost control. “He’s out going through the field now, through the field now,” an officer narrated. The chase ended when Woolf’s vehicle crashed into a road sign and came to rest in a field.

William Woolf facing serious charges. Again

Officers swiftly apprehended Woolf, charging him with felony fleeing, felony vandalism, felonious assault, possession of methamphetamine, among other charges. He is currently being held in Stark County Jail. 

After spike strips shredded his tires and his Kia ate a road sign, Woolf ended up handcuffed, face down in a field with a cop on his back. As officers cuffed him, Woolf screamed at them, “I don’t give a f—!” Maybe it’s time he started to.  

This wasn’t just a wild Ohio police chase. It was a case study in failure—from a system that let a man rack up 29 arrests and 19 license suspensions before taking action to keep him from driving. See the chase for yourself in the dashcam footage embedded below: